He\’s back….. Action-Adventure/Funny Man Jackie Chan is back, in the Spy Next Door… The plot sounds so-so, but you don\’t watch for the plot, you watch Jackie Chan for the action, and humor. The plot is just used to edit the fight scenes together… Plot: While babysitting his neighbor\’s children, a mild-mannered man (Jackie Chan) […]
The technology behind Google\’s great results As a Google user, you\’re familiar with the speed and accuracy of a Google search. How exactly does Google manage to find the right results for every query as quickly as it does? The heart of Google\’s search technology is PigeonRankâ„¢, a system for ranking web pages developed by […]
Rich has been producing some fantastic Doctor Who based fan comics for quite a while… He\’s been interviewed by the Two Minute Timelord podcast, and has a quite popular comic blog…. And recently he asked if there was any way to get some help with bandwidth… So I being the large Doctor Who fan I […]
Back in 2007 Matt Bailey of SiteLogic took look a the analytics behind the ‘Red-Shirt Phenomenon’ in the original Star Trek series, where the guy in the red shirt who is beamed down to the planet with Captain Kirk is the one who always dies. It was found that red-shirted crewmembers tended to die in […]
Well, it is called the Bare Essentials of safety… I think someone with Air New Zealand has been reading too many Sport\’s Illustrated\’s…
Microsoft is announcing Office 2010, in their own little way… Okay, I admit it, I don\’t think this is the official announcement, nor that this comes from Microsoft…… Â But… Â It\’s not a bad advertisement… Clippy\’s even in there…
IO9 spends a few minutes discussing why \”Threequels\”, movie series end up becoming trilogy, typically end up having the third movie being rubbish. Â Typically this is true, their examples include Spider-Man 3, Aliens 3, SuperMan 3, etc…. They\’ve really thought about this and have some good hints, tips, and suggestions for any aspiring film makers. […]
Folks, Just a short note regarding Torchwood COE… Â Part 1 is excellent, and is probably the most explosive Torchwood episode ever… Â Almost the perfect mix of suspense, action adventure, and drama. Â Now we just need to see if Russel T Davies can continue this for the next 4 episodes. COE starts shortly after the 3 […]